Nanoporous carbons have long played a role in the areas associated with these Grand Challenges (e.g. purification of drinking water; capture of volatile organic compounds from industry; gas masks), but they have an ever larger role to play into the future.
By Prof. Mark Biggs
8 Apr 2010
This article provides an introductory overview on the stabilization of nonmaterial by biological entities.
By Charusheela Rameteke
23 Mar 2010
Nanoeconomics is the alliance of nanoscience and economics to accelerate the pace of technological change.
By Prof. Edward Cupoli
23 Mar 2010
Dye-sensitized solar cells have received considerable attention as a cost-effective alternative to conventional solar cells.
By Prof. Ashutosh Tiwari
15 Mar 2010
Nanotechnology offers new engineering tools that can help us address the design problems associated with building better implants.
By Prof. Thomas Webster
15 Mar 2010
This article outlined how nanotechnology is being used for water purification. In particular it focuses on biofouling resistant silver-polysulfone composite membrane.
By Prof. Volodymyr V. Tarabara
4 Mar 2010
Over the last 10 years, diamond as a technological material has seen a renewed and increasing level of interest with genuine potential.
By Prof. James Rabeau
4 Mar 2010
The field of sensors encompasses a wide variety of materials and devices used for capturing physical, chemical or biological stimuli converting them to measurable output signals.
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a layered material with a graphite-type structure in which planar networks of BN hexagons are regularly stacked.
Numerous research articles have examined the sensitivity of the relationship of scale, structure, composition, and emergent properties of nanomaterials to their behavior in biological systems and the environment.